Study on tobermorite preparation from fly ash aluminum extraction slag and papermaking white mud and its adsorption capacity on Cd2+ by Mingyu YE, Jingjing ZOU, Daye CHEN, Yonghong SONG, Yiping SUN, Chunbin GUO

“…The formation process of tobermorite can be described that the CaO in papermaking white clay is converted into Ca(OH)2 and the amorphous silicon dioxide is transformed into sodium silicate. The gel blocks material is formed by calcium hydroxide and sodium silicate solution. …”
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Influence of nanoadditives on PVC composition properties by Ilnaz I. Zaripov, Irina N. Vikhareva, Karina A. Mazitova, Ivan N. Shevelev, Aliya K. Mazitova

“…Kaolin monocrystal is a two-layer aluminosilicate containing water of hydration and consisting of chemically bonded layers of silicon dioxide and hydrated alumina. Results and discussion. …”
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A Cleanable Self-Assembled Nano-SiO₂/(PTFE/PEI)<i>_n</i>/PPS Composite Filter Medium for High-Efficiency Fine Particulate Filtration by Yan Luo, Zhongyun Shen, Zhihao Ma, Hongfeng Chen, Xiaodong Wang, Minger Luo, Ran Wang, Jianguo Huang

“…A silicon dioxide/polytetrafluoroethylene/polyethyleneimine/polyphenylene sulfide (SiO₂/PTFE/PEI/PPS) composite filter medium with three-dimensional network structures was fabricated by using PPS nonwoven as the substrate which was widely employed as a cleanable filter medium. …”
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Hazardous Effects of SiO₂ Nanoparticles on Liver and Kidney Functions, Histopathology Characteristics, and Transcriptomic Responses in Nile Tilapia (<i>Oreochromis nilot... by Hany M.R. Abdel-Latif, Mustafa Shukry, Omnia I. El Euony, Mohamed Mohamed Soliman, Ahmed E. Noreldin, Hanan A. Ghetas, Mahmoud A.O. Dawood, Mohamed A. Khallaf

“…The current investigation assessed the impacts of sub-lethal concentrations of silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO₂NPs) on hepato-renal functions, histopathological characteristics, and gene transcription in gills and liver of Nile tilapia juveniles. …”
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First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Water–Solid Interface Behavior of H₂O-Based Atomic Layer Deposition of Zirconium Dioxide by Rui Xu, Zhongchao Zhou, Yingying Wang, Hongping Xiao, Lina Xu, Yihong Ding, Xinhua Li, Aidong Li, Guoyong Fang

“…Due to its high dielectric constant and thermodynamic stability, ZrO₂ can be used as dielectric material to replace traditional silicon dioxide. Currently, ZrO₂ dielectric films can be prepared by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using water and zirconium precursors, namely H₂O-based ALD. …”
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Femtosecond Laser Modification of Silica Optical Waveguides for Potential Bragg Gratings Sensing by Jian Chen, Ji-Jun Feng, Hai-Peng Liu, Wen-Bin Chen, Jia-Hao Guo, Yang Liao, Jie Shen, Xue-Feng Li, Hui-Liang Huang, Da-Wei Zhang

“…The silica waveguide has a 6.5 × 6.5 µm² cross-sectional profile with a 20-µm-thick silicon dioxide cladding layer. Compared with conventional grating inscribed on fiber platforms, the silica planar waveguide circuit can realize a stable performance as well as a high-efficiency coupling with the fiber. …”
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pH and ionic liquids impacts on SiO2-nanoparticles for surface phenomena modifications for heavy acidic crude oil by Nabeel Kadhim Abbood, Mohammad A. Al-Mayyahi, Reza Mehdipour, Seyednooroldin Hosseini

“…Abstract The current study is designed and performed to examine the impact of a combinative method including the new class of surfactants from the ionic liquids (ILs) family (imidazolium type) and nanoparticles (NPs) namely silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO2-NPs). Besides, the effect of pH concomitant with the other parameters was examined since pH is an essential operating parameter especially if researchers dealing with a non-neutral type of crude oil. …”
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Template-based control for bottom-up nanostructures - multilayer block copolymer graphoepitaxy and masked ZnO nanowire growth by Nicaise, Samuel M. (Samuel Mospens)

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Tuning energy transport in solar thermal systems using nanostructured materials by Lenert, Andrej

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A high-throughput method to characterize the gut bacteria growth upon engineered nanomaterial treatment by Yang, Qin, Keerthisinghe, Tharushi Prabha, Tan, Tiffany Rou Jie, Cao, Xiaoqiong, Setyawati, Magdiel Inggrid, DeLoid, Glen, Ng, Kee Woei, Loo, Say Chye Joachim, Demokritou, Philip, Fang, Mingliang

“…We showed the applicability of this method for several types of ENMs, i.e., cellulose nanofiber (CNF), graphene oxide (GO), silicon dioxide (SiO2), and chitosan, both in pure bacterial culture and in vitro human gut microbiome community. …”
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Application of polymeric nanofluids for enhanced oil recovery in mid-permeability sandstone by Olayinka, Gbadamosi Afeez

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Equation defined device modelling of floating gate M.O.S.F.E.Ts. by Cullinan, Michael

“…A study has been carried out with regards to the principles of the physical phenomenon of charge transfer through silicon dioxide to a floating gate. The study has concentrated on the physical properties of the fabricated device and the principles of charge transfer through an oxide layer by Fowler–Nordheim principles. …”
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Application of polymeric nanofluids for enhanced oil recovery in mid-permeability sandstone by Olayinka, Gbadamosi Afeez

“…Herein, two PNFs namely silicon dioxide (SiO2) and aluminium oxide (AhOs), formulated from the combination of the individual nanoparticles and HPAM were exclusively studied. …”
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Nanoparticle assisted gemini surfactant as wax deposition suppressant in Malaysian crude oil using experimental and molecular dynamics simulation by Shamala Devi, Vijaya Kumar

“…In this thesis, the efficiency of Gemini surfactant 2,5,8,11 Tetramethyl 6 dodecyn-5,8 Diol Ethoxylate (GS), three different nanoparticles: silicon dioxide (NP1), tin oxide (NP2) and nickel (III) oxide (NP3) and their blends at different operating conditions are assessed to study their influence on the crude oil viscosity using Brookfield DV-III viscometer and wax inhibition using cold finger analysis. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Copper, Lead, Zinc and Nickel in Geochemical Samples by Emission Spectrometry with Solid Sampling Technique by MA Jingzhi, QU Shaopeng, LI Guangyi, DONG Xuebing, WU Meng, WU Jun, LI Ce, DONG Xuelin

“…METHODS With sodium fluoride, alumina, silicon dioxide and carbon powder as buffer agents and germanium as the internal standard element, the element analysis line pairs were optimized, and the exposure time was also optimized at 25s. …”
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Hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of the Zaeltsovsko-Mochishchensky zone of radon waters in the southern West Siberia by D. A. Novikov, A. F. Sukhorukova, T. V. Korneeva

“…The mineral phases, such as aragonite, barite, chalcedony, cristobalite, vaterite, and amorphous silicon dioxide are in equilibrium. Several samples show saturation of the waters with relatively rare phosphorus-containing minerals: hydroxyapatite, manganese hydrogen phosphate, cerargyrite, and lead molybdate. …”
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Performance of sewage sludge reuse in the manufacturing of fired bricks by K. Moulato, M. Ammari, L. Ben Allal

“…The brick samples were then shaped, dried, fired at 930 Celsius degree, and qualified by tests, including linear and mass shrinkage, porosity, water absorption, density, compressive strength, X-ray diffraction, and leaching.FINDINGS: The analyses by X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diffraction of the sludge revealed the presence of mineral constituents, including calcite, silica, kaolinite, and dolomite and shows an important amount of silicon dioxide (31.6 percent) and aluminum oxide (11.5 percent). …”
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A New Optical Interferometric Biosensing System Enhanced with Nanoparticles for Alzheimer’s Disease in Serum by Ana María M. Murillo, María Fe Laguna, Luis G. Valle, Luca Tramarin, Yolanda Ramirez, Álvaro Lavín, Beatriz Santamaría, Miguel Holgado

“…Moreover, biofunctionalized silicon dioxide (SiO₂) nanoparticles (NPs) acting as interferometric enhancers of the bio-transducers signal allow for the improvement of both the optical read-out signal and its ability to work with less-invasive biological samples such as serum instead of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). …”
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Modeling of Charge-to-Breakdown with an Electron Trapping Model for Analysis of Thermal Gate Oxide Failure Mechanism in SiC Power MOSFETs by Jiashu Qian, Limeng Shi, Michael Jin, Monikuntala Bhattacharya, Atsushi Shimbori, Hengyu Yu, Shiva Houshmand, Marvin H. White, Anant K. Agarwal

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that the failure time of thermally grown silicon dioxide (SiO₂) on SiC stressed with a constant voltage is indicated as charge driven rather than field driven through the observation of Weibull Slope β. …”
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Surface engineering of Sio2-Zro2 films for augmenting power conversion efficiency performance of silicon solar cells by Amira Ben Gouider Trabelsi, Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan, Raja Gunasekaran, Rajasekar Rathanasamy, Sathish Kumar Palaniappan, Fatemah H. Alkallas, W.B. Elsharkawy, Ayman M. Mostafa

“…The present research investigation employed various coating materials, namely SiO2 (Silicon dioxide), ZrO2 (Zirconium dioxide), and SiO2–ZrO2 blends, to apply a protective layer onto polycrystalline silicon solar cells using the sputter coating process. …”
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